Connecting Novell users with what's going on inside and around the Novell universe.

Novell Open Audio features interviews with the people at Novell who are driving the technical direction of Novell, covering open source software, Linux, security and identity, and many other topics of interest.

During our massive blitz of interviews at this year’s BrainShare, Dave was able to grab John Stetic, former CTO of Platespin, for a quick interview. Find out what John has to say about the acquisition as well as what to expect in the future. NOTE: This episode is also available as a video.Time: 21:00MP3 Size: 3.5 MBMP4 Size: 182.6 MB Links for this Episode:

As the data center becomes more complex so does managing computing resources. Enter Novell ZENworks Orchestrator, a new product that serves as the brain behind data center systems management. Orchestrator automates operations so IT tasks are done consistently and according to policy every time. Greg Pryzby gives us a introduction to the theory and reality of ZOS.

Lots of things happening this week in the ZENworks universe. First we get details on a recent acquisition that gives us better endpoint security management. We also get a chance to sit down and talk to Martin Buckley about the recently released ZENworks Configuration Management. Come find out why this is such good news for ZENworks customers.

When will we see parity on the GroupWise Linux client? Bill Pray and Gregory Webb join us in the Open Audio studio to answer this question, and an update on the next release of GroupWise codenamed Bonsai. Also, Brad Rupp and Ryan Okelberry get technical with Novell Business Continuity Clustering.Time: 32:52
MP3 Size: 11.3 MB

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With SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 competing for desktop share against Windows Vista, many want to know if ZENworks will be able to manage both. We interview Martin on ZENworks support for Vista and SLED10, as well as what the ZENworks team will be doing at BrainShare 2007. Then we cover some recent listener feedback and questions.Time: 30:34
MP3 Size: 21 MB

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Novell Open Audio returns! We open up our 2007 season with an interview about ZENworks Linux Management from product manager extraordinaire Tim Crabb. Then, with BrainShare 2007 rapidly approaching, we pull in Troy Monney and Mike Morgan to give us a preview of all the BrainShare goodness for 2007.Time: 48:39
Size: 33.4 MB